Offensive Player of the Week: Aiden Flora, RB, Iowa State and DJ Lagway, QB, Baylor
Defensive Player of the Week: Elijah Davis, DB, Utah and Gideon ESPN Lampron, LB, Colorado
Special Teams Player of the Week: Matthias Dunn, K, BYU and Kyle Konrardy, K, Iowa State
Freshman of the Week: Jamal Polite Jr., WR, Iowa State
Offensive Line of the Week: Texas Tech
Defensive Line of the Week: Baylor
IRVING, Texas – In a week that saw numerous marquee performances, Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Texas Tech and Utah all had players earn Monster Energy Big 12 Football honors for Week 10. Iowa State led all teams with three award winners, with Baylor winning a pair of awards and all other programs earning a single distinction.
Flora earned his second weekly award of the season after running for a career-high 221 yards on the ground in Iowa State’s 51-49 victory over then-No. 24 Oklahoma State, which were the most rushing yards by an FBS player in Week 10. The sophomore averaged 7.6 yards per carry on 29 rush attempts, including touchdown scampers of 75 and 29 yards. The Adel, Iowa native now owns the top three rushing performances in the Big 12 this season with games of 221, 212 and 194 yards.
Also earning his second weekly honor of the season,
Lagway erupted for 319 passing yards and tied his career high with four touchdown passes in Baylor’s dominant 41-9 win at UCF. He completed 64% of his 25 pass attempts, highlighted by a 77-yard touchdown pass to Gavin Freeman. Lagway now ranks in the top third of the Big 12 in passing yards, passing touchdowns and touchdown-to-interception ratio in Conference play.
Davis punctuated his play in Utah’s 49-25 win at Cincinnati with a 39-yard interception return for a touchdown to give the Utes a 36-point lead going into halftime. The pick-six extended Utah’s streak to 23 consecutive seasons with at least one interception return for a score, believed to be the longest such streak in FBS history. The fifth-year defensive back also tallied six tackles, a half-a-tackle for a loss and a pass breakup.
Lampron recorded a career-high 15 tackles, including four for a loss and two sacks in the Buffaloes’ 27-24 win versus K-State. His 15 total tackles were third most by a Big 12 player this season, and Lampron’s four tackles for a loss were the most by a Colorado linebacker since Nate Landman in 2021.
In BYU’s 27-20 victory over Arizona State,
Dunn accounted for nine points on a perfect 5-for-5 kicking day. He connected on a pair of field goals from 28 and 45 yards out and has made 33 consecutive kicks this season, fourth longest in the Kalani Sitake era. The senior ranks third in the Conference in made field goals from 45 yards or more this season.
With the third game-winning field goal of his career,
Konrardy was responsible for 15 points in the Cyclones’ 51-49 win over the nationally-ranked Cowboys. He made all three of his field goal attempts, connecting from 29, 34 and 39 yards out and making all six of his extra points. Konrardy also recovered his own onside kick to steal a possession in the first half. The senior from Dubuque, Iowa now ranks fourth in school history with 47 field goals in his career.
Polite Jr. posted a historic showing with six catches for 171 yards and a touchdown in Iowa State’s victory, amassing the most receiving yards by a true freshman in program history. Half of his six receptions were for 30 or more yards, including a 33-yard catch with 49 seconds remaining to get ISU into field goal range. His 171 receiving yards are the most by a freshman in the Big 12 this season and third-most by a freshman in the country.
Texas Tech earned Offensive Line of the Week for a 328-yard rushing day in its 34-26 victory over then-No. 22 Arizona while allowing just one sack. The Red Raiders averaged 7.0 yards per carry behind a pair of 100-yard performances from J’Koby Williams (175 yards) and quarterback Thomas Castellanos (117 yards). It marked the first time in program history that a running back and quarterback both rushed for 100 yards in the same game.
Baylor took home Defensive Line of the Week for its season-best performance of seven sacks in the win at UCF. The unit also helped the defense tally a total of 12 tackles for a loss and record 19 quarterback pressures on 37 pass attempts. The Bears now rank second in FBS in sacks and third in tackles for loss.